Government caters to those screaming the loudest, regardless of what they're screaming about. In business, it's exactly the opposite! You invest more in the most successful departments, and less in those that aren't performing.

What I'm trying to do is to create excitement. So people looking at the Bloomberg's office building say, "My goodness, what's going on here? There's something different about this company." You want the employees to get psyched. And it's a chance to meet each other. My job is to get people to work together. With free food and no offices, even for Bloomberg, this might be considered one of the world's great corporate headquarters.

Well, we have to provide the world's best schools. We certainly don't have them, but that's our objective.

What chance does a five-foot-seven billionaire Jew who's divorced really have of becoming president?

Don't be afraid to assert yourself, have confidence in your abilities and don't let the bastards get you down.

Cities with clean air gain an economic advantage, because where people want to live and work, businesses want to invest.

On Sept. 11, 2001, thousands of first responders heroically rushed to the scene and saved tens of thousands of lives. More than 400 of those first responders did not make it out alive. In rushing into those burning buildings, not one of them asked, 'What God do you pray to?' What beliefs do you hold?'